HART, Roswell, a Representative from New York; born in Rochester, N.Y., August 4,
1824; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in
1843; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1847; engaged in commercial
pursuits; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4,
1865-March 3, 1867); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the
Fortieth Congress; superintendent of the Railway Mail Service for the States of
New York and Pennsylvania 1869-1876; died in Rochester, N.Y., on April 20,
1883; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.